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    Sounds in English Alphabets

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    There are 44 sounds in the English language, consisting of 19 vowel sounds and 25 consonant sounds. Vowel sounds include 5 long vowels, 5 short vowels, 3 diphthongs, and the long and short "oo" sound. Consonant sounds include stops such as /b/, /d/, /g/, continuants such as /f/, /s/, /z/, nasals such as /m/, /n/, liquids such as /r/, and others. Exceptions exist for the letters c, q, and x, which represent combinations of sounds rather than single sounds.

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    There are 44 sounds in the English language, consisting of 19 vowel sounds and 25 consonant sounds. Vowel sounds include 5 long vowels, 5 short vowels, 3 diphthongs, and the long and short "oo" sound. Consonant sounds include stops such as /b/, /d/, /g/, continuants such as /f/, /s/, /z/, nasals such as /m/, /n/, liquids such as /r/, and others. Exceptions exist for the letters c, q, and x, which represent combinations of sounds rather than single sounds.

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    There are 44 sounds in the English language, consisting of 19 vowel sounds and 25 consonant sounds. Vowel sounds include 5 long vowels, 5 short vowels, 3 diphthongs, and the long and short "oo" sound. Consonant sounds include stops such as /b/, /d/, /g/, continuants such as /f/, /s/, /z/, nasals such as /m/, /n/, liquids such as /r/, and others. Exceptions exist for the letters c, q, and x, which represent combinations of sounds rather than single sounds.

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    Sounds in English Alphabets

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    There are 44 sounds in the English language, consisting of 19 vowel sounds and 25 consonant sounds. Vowel sounds include 5 long vowels, 5 short vowels, 3 diphthongs, and the long and short "oo" sound. Consonant sounds include stops such as /b/, /d/, /g/, continuants such as /f/, /s/, /z/, nasals such as /m/, /n/, liquids such as /r/, and others. Exceptions exist for the letters c, q, and x, which represent combinations of sounds rather than single sounds.

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    Sounds in English

    Alphabets

    Compiled By:
    Wamika Mehra
    BBA (Sec.A)
    What are sounds???
     There are 44 sounds in english out of which 19
    are vowel sounds and the rest 25 are consonant
    sounds.
     Basically, sounds represent the ways in which
    each vowel or consonant is spoken.
     Each individual sound is sometimes referred to
    as a grapheme or phoneme.
     There are over 70 ways to spell these sounds,
    which we refer to as phonograms.
    Vowel Sounds
     Vowel sounds comprises of the various heads
    under them:
    1. 5 long vowels
    2. 5 short vowels
    3. 3 dipthongs
    4. A long and a short oo (2 sounds)
    5. 4 ‘r’ controlled vowel sounds
    5 Long Vowel Sounds
     The following are some of the long vowel
    sounds and their usage in words:
    1. Long /a/ - gate,cake
    2. Long /e/ - need,feet
    3. Long /i/ - nice,bike
    4. Long /o/ - yoke,boat
    5. Long /u/ - you,cube
    5 Short Vowel Sounds
     Following are some of the short vowel sounds
    and their uasge:
    1. Short /a/ - bat,cat
    2. Short /e/ - bet,bed
    3. Short /i/ - bit,fish
    4. Short /o/ - lock,dock
    5. Short /u/ - but,duck
    3 Diphthongs
     A dipthong is a combination of two sounds, each
    with different spellings.
     Examples:

    1. au- Paul

    aw- crawl
    2. ou- mouse
    ow- cow
    3. oi- noise

    ow- boy
    A Long and Short OO sound
    1. Long /oo/ - moon
    2. Short /oo/ - book
    4 ‘r’ controlled sounds
     These sounds comprise of a vowel alongwith
    the ‘r’ sound. Such sounds are:
    1. or - more,bore,core
    2. ar - car,alarm
    3. er - her
    4. air - fair,chair
    Consonant Sounds
    1. /b/ - bat
    2. /d/ - dog
    3. /f/ - fan
    4. /g/ - gate
    5. /h/ - hat
    6. /j/ - jump
    7. /k/ - kite
    8. /l/ -leaf
    9. /m/ -mop
    10. /n/ -nest
    11. /p/ - pig
    12. /r/ - rock
    13. /s/ - sun
    14. /t/ - top
    15. /v/ - vase
    16. /w/ -wagon
    17. /y/ - yo-yo
    18. /z/ - zebra
    19. /ch/ - cheese
    20. /sh/ - shark
    21. / th/ - thumb
    22. /th/ - the
    23 /hw/ - wheel
    24. /zh/ - treasure
    25. /ng/ - ring
    Exceptions
     You must be wondering why the letters c,q and x
    are not used as sounds???
     Examples:

    1. The letter c can be represented by the


    phonemes /k/ or /s/ as in cent.
    2. The letter x as in fox can be represented by two
    phonemes /ks/.
    3. The letter q can be represented by two
    phonemes /kw/.
    Bibliography
    1. www.google.com
    2. www.about.com
    3. www.englishalphabets.com

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